kansas' great entrepreneurs include cleason brown who founded brown telephone company, now sprint corporation, in the town of abilene, kansas, walter chrysler of chrysler corporation who began his career as a machinist in ellis, kansas, clyde cessna who left the booming automobile industry to explore exciting fields in aviation. he founded cessna aircraft corporation in wichita in 1927. and dan and frank carney who borrowed $600 from their mother to open their first pizza hut in wichita in 1958. with persistence and hard work, these entrepreneurs and their businesses created thousands of jobs and grew into some of the world's most successful companies. now a newvention of kansas entrepreneurs is continuing that tradition. in atwood, kansas, a small down in northwest kansas, sure-fire ag systems have specialized in the control and application of fertilizer, seed and chemicals. these products have been delivered to customers in 42 of our states and internationally as well. in leewood, a company stalled instan reimagined how students and teachers managed homework assignments by using homework ap